Queen Solomon

It''s just another boring summer for our teenaged narrator — until Barbra arrives. An Ethiopian Jew, Barbra was brought to Israel at age five, a part of Operation Solomon, and now our narrator''s well-intentioned father has brought her, as a teen, to their home for the summer. But Barbra isn''t the docile and grateful orphan they expect, and soon our narrator, terrified of her and drawn to her in ...